Armed drone shot down near US base in northern Iraq: Reuters

Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said that its defence systems shot down an armed drone over Erbil airport in northern Iraq, where American and other international forces are stationed.

Earlier, two security sources told Reuters that an armed drone was intercepted and shot down at around 7:10 pm local time and a blast was heard near the airport. But that earlier attack was denied by the counter-terrorism service.

The incident comes just a few days after Iran launched missiles at Iraq's Kurdistan region, saying it targeted the Mossad headquarters of the region.